Mathis, George Photo and Art Collection c1915-1970

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George Mathis
Photo and Art Collection,
c1915-1970

George Mathis

The George Mathis collection of photographs, artwork, and historical ephemera, was donated to WSU Libraries in October 1991 by Jean and Carol Mathis, the wife and daughter, respectively, of the late George Mathis. John Guido, former head of MASC, journeyed to Placerville, California, at that time to obtain the fairly large body of materials in person. In 2001, 11 hand titled and singed lithographs created by George Mathis were donated by Mike and Susan Herron. These lithographs were added to Series VI and may be found in the oversize map case. Harold Levy donated a lithograph of Jack London's Benicia in 2002, which was added to Series XV as item 290 located in the oversize map case. Arrangement of the collection was completed in June 1995 by Carol Lichtenberg. Trevor James Bond revised the guide in 2001

Number of Containers: 20
Linear Feet of Shelf Space: 12
Number of Items (approx): 2,781
Number of Items in Mapcase: 300

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George Mathis (1909-1977) was born in Seattle, Washington. He spent much of his early life in Hoquiam, where his father managed a clothing store. He attended Washington State University, where he majored in art, and studied under William T. McDermott (1884-1961), who became a well-known western landscape painter. After graduation from WSU in June 1931, he moved to California and worked as a commercial artist and art teacher for a number of years. He married his wife Jean, also an artist, in 1936, in Oakland, California; they had one daughter, Carol.

After living for a few years in the Bay Area, the Mathis family relocated in 1948 to Nevada City, California, the Mother Lode country. The primary motivation for this change was George's growing urge to pictorially recreate western history. Here George and Jean began doing lithography, which eventually turned into a thriving business. Around 1960 they moved to Coloma, another Mother Lode town, where they completely remodeled a Victorian-style house dating to the Gold Rush era. Gold was in fact first discovered in Coloma in 1848 by James Marshall. The Mathis home was called "Friday House," after Jean's maiden name. Here they both lived and operated an art gallery and studio where they sold many products of lithography and George's numerous historical drawings and sketches. George became generally and affectionately known as the "pictorial historian of the Mother Lode."

Early Sacramento Folder 26

Between 1960 and 1970 George Mathis' artistic vision took on a new dimension. During this time he worked in Sacramento for Aerojet Corporation, America's largest producer of rocket engines. Here his versatility, imagination, and eye for detail were once again challenged, and he became one of the better known space artists of the time.

Tempera Sketch Folder 256

His illustrations include Gemini and Apollo space missions. The Smithsonian Institution acquired some of his of oil paintings of space art. Spanning western frontiers and deep space, Mathis' artistic career was truly unique, successful, and rewarding.

Tempera Sketch Folder 256

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The George Mathis Collection consists of twenty boxes of diverse materials and close to three hundred original pencil drawings and litho prints, which are located in the oversize mapcases. The collection has been arranged into six series: Photographs, Commercial Art, Reference Material, Correspondence and Miscellaneous, Oversize Photos and Art, Oversize Prints and Drawings. Where titles on art work were missing, they have been provoked in parentheses.

DESCRIPTION

Series	Description	Container
I.	Photographs	1
	A. Personal/Family Portraits	2
	B. Reference photos: Mother Lode, California missions, Carmel, mining	3
	C. Reference photos: Trains	4
	D. Space art, black and white photos	5
	E. Space art, color photos
	F. Photo NEGATIVES	6

II.	Commercial Art
	A. Childhood art, samples, originals, booklets, calendars, Carol Mathis' work	7-8
	B. Space art	9

III.	Reference Material
	A. Mother Lode, California History	10
	B. Trains; Mathis' miscellaneous notes	11
	C. Newspaper depictions of Mathis' work; Danger Trails comics	12
	D. Newspaper articles on space flight with Mathis illustrations; Aerojet material, contracts, publications	13

IV.	Correspondence and Miscellaneous
	A. School and college momentos; correspondence	14
	B. Advertisements of work; signs and price tags; house sketches (Friday House)	15
	C. Sympathy cards and letters; Hugh and Helen Mathis (George's parents) material	16
	D. 1 reel film; 1 video film	17
	E. Mathis scrapbook, overview of triumphs	18
	F. Awards and plaques	19

V.	A. Oversize photos, sketches, commercial art	20

VI.	A. Oversize prints--original pencil drawings, litho prints, nos. 1-289	Mapcase

Container List

Box	Folder	Description	Items

1		Series I: Photographs
		PERSONAL/FAMILY PORTRAITS
	1	Grade school class	1
	2	Childhood and family photos	20
	3	Childhood and family photos	18
	4	Hugh Mathis clothing store; Black Bear Brand sales	2
	5	George Mathis college years	11
	6	George Mathis college years	15
	7	College graduation	2
	8	Marionette theater	3
	9	Mathis home, Nevada City	1
	10	Early California home, family	4
	11	George Mathis portraits	6
	12	2 George Mathis adding colorwash to drawing	6
	13	George Mathis, artist	6
	14	George Mathis, artist	7
	15	George Mathis	1
	16	George Mathis in studio, Friday House	2
	17	Carol Mathis portraits	5
	18	Art of Carol Mathis	5
	19	Mathis family, friends (color)	12
	20	Mathis family, friends (color)	12
	21	Remodeling Friday House	9
	22	Remodeling Friday House	9
	23	Remodeling Friday House	26
	24	Friday House, Coloma, Calif.	8
	25	Mathis' work	4
	26	Mathis' work	13
	27	Mother Lode wallpaper	5
	28	Frontier days, George Mathis	1
	29	Miscellaneous photos (contact sheet, cats)	4
	30	Exhibit Aerojet print	1
	31	Mathis at Aerojet (contact sheets)	2
	32	Mathis at Aerojet and home	3

2		REFERENCE PHOTOS: MOTHER LODE, CALIFORNIA MISSIONS, CARMEL, MINING
	33	Auburn and Coloma, Calif.	14
	34	Edwin Markham home/school	7
	35	Folsom, Calif. and Colin House	3
	36	Grass Valley, Calif.	8
	37	Nevada City, Calif.	9
	38	Sacramennto, Calif.	23
	39	Sutter's Fort, Sacramento	2
	40	Carmel-Monterey Lighthouse	2

Box	Folder	Description	Items

2	41	Carmel-Monterey housess	18
	42	Carmel-Monterey mission	16
	43	Carmel-Monterey, historic adobe custom house	10
	44	Carmel-Monterey, Point Lobos	27
	45	Carmel-Monterey, cannery and docks	13
	46	Fort Ross chapel	10
	47	Canals and flumes, Mother Lode	6
	48	Depictions of early mining (Chinese)	2
	49	Malakoff Diggings	4
	50	Arrastra at Fort Jones	5
	51	Empire mine	1
	52	Goldbug mining; Celio dairy	15
	53	Placer and hydraulic mining	3
	54	Pioneer paper mill/Sam Taylor St. Park	5
	55	Mining areas, miscellaneous	11
	56	Donner party monument	1
	57	Yosemite Park, Muir Woods	4
	58	Old Plank Road	1
	59	Jedediah Smith	5
	60	Lyman Gilmore certificate	2
	61	Alhambra theater	12
	62	Various views, California and Nevada	12
	63	Miscellaneous photos	14
	64	The Martin Johnsons hunting in Africa	1
	65	Postcards, miscellaneous	7
	66	Color photos, various; Donner Lake, Ringtail cat	9

Box	Folder	Description	Items

3		REFERENCE PHOTOS: TRAINS
	67	DeWitt Clinton	3
	68	T.D. Judah	1
	69	Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad	22
	70	Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad	22
	71	Feather River Railway	2
	72	Various trains	6
	73	Various trains and engines	4
	74	Train engines	6
	75	Small photos trains	16
	76	Postcards of trains and engines	11
	77	Slides and negatives of trains (Mathis drawing)	7
	78	Large print of train	2

4		SPACE ART, BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS
	79	Von Karman, portrait	1
	80	Notice of Mathis exhibit	6
	81	NASA news center, Gemini pictures	2
	82	Rocket montage	4
	83	Rocket montage	3
	84	Al Camp montage	2
	85	Rocket engine montage	6
	86	Col. Vivian rocket montage	9
	87	Airplane at take off	2
	88	U.S. Army plane with rocket launch propulsion	2
	89	Rocket assembly(?)	2
	90	Rockets, various	10
	91	Rocket sea launchings	23
	92	Polaris missile (U.S. Navy)	4
	93	Rocket and launch	8
	94	Red Mueller	5
	95	Titan rocket, Gemini assembly	2
	96	Fitting Gemini capsule to Titan rocket	5
	97	Launch pad, Gemini astronauts	1
	98	Astronauts on the launch pad, Gemini	1
	99	On the launch pad, CBS announcer	1
	100	Gemini launch pad, Von Fremd TV announcer	3
	101	Gemini launch	4
	102	Gemini mission montage	4
	103	Gemini launch, Titan rocket	2
	104	Gemini 8, launchpad, 1966	3
	105	Gemini/Titan launch	1
	106	Gemini/Titan rocket stages	3
	107	Gemini, showing 1st 2nd stage separation	7
	108	Gemini, 2nd stage separation	2
	109	Gemini capsule in orbit	1
	110	Astronaut flying Gemini 7; look at 2nd stage	3
	111	Gemini space walk	1
	112	Cerman space walk (Gemini)	3
	113	Gemini 5, White space walk	5
	114	Gemini space walk	2
	115	Gemini space walk	3
	116	Titan III rocket, Dynasoar USAF	5
	117	M-1 rocket montage	2
	118	M-1 rocket for Apollo missions	7
	119	Apollo stage, hoisting onto rocket	6
	120	Apollo command and control capsule	5
	121	Apollo rocket to the moon, stages	3
	122	Apollo rockets, various stages	5
	123	Ideal rocket of the future	1
	124	Lunar module about to separate from Mother Ship	1
	125	Apollo lunar module	6
	126	Lunar module/space station	3

Box	Folder	Description	Items

5		SPACE ART, COLOR PHOTOS
	127	Amphibious landing vehicles	4
	128	U.S. Army plane with rocket launch	1
	129	Polaris missile	3
	130	Delta rocket separation	2
	131	Red Mueller, NBC announcer; Gemini	7
	132	Gemini launch pad, announcer	2
	133	Space flight montages	8
	134	Fitting Gemini capsule to Titan II rocket	1
	135	Gemini launch, Titan rocket	1
	136	Launch of a Gemini mission	3
	137	Gemini 8 launchpad, 1966	1
	138	Gemini/Titan rocket stages	1
	139	Gemini first-second stage separation	1
	140	Gemini mission, 1st stage separation	1
	141	Astronauts flying Gemini seven	5
	142	Gemini capsule in orbit near first stage	1
	143	Gemini space walk, first stage repair?	1
	144	Cernan space walk, Gemini	2
	145	Gemini V, White space walk	1
	146	Gemini space walks	2
	147	Titan III rocket launch	1
	148	M-1 rocket montage	2
	149	M-1 rocket	1
	150	Apollo lunar orbiting capsule under construction-photo	1
	151	Apollo command and control capsule	2
	152	Apollo mission launch pad	3
	153	Apollo first stage	2
	154	M-1 to the moon (Apollo)	2
	155	Apollo command and control capsule, lunar module	1
	156	Lunar module descending to moon	1
	157	Lunar module descending to moon	1
	158	Apollo command and control capsule return to earth	1
	159	Ideal rocket of future	2
	160	Souvenir pictures, man on moon	10
	161	Conception of Venus probe	1

Box	Folder	Description	Items

6		PHOTO NEGATIVES

	162	Mathis artwork	11
	163	George Mathis adding a color wash	1
	164	Friday House	35
	165	House remodeling	5
	166	George Mathis	6
	167	Carmel-Monterey	30
	168	Rocket engine montage	4
	169	Rocket engine montage	1
	170	Rocket montage	2
	171	Rocket montage	1
	172	Col. Vivian rocket montage	2
	173	Al Camp montage	1
	174	Airplane taking off	1
	175	U.S. Army plane with rocket launch	3
	176	Early rocket conceptions	1
	177	Delta rocket separation	2
	178	Rocket sea launchings, simulation	3
	179	Polaris missile	3
	180	Satellite in orbit	1
	181	Von Karman portrait	1
	182	Rocket scientists (Von Karman)	4
	183	Red Mueller, TV announcer	3
	184	Hoisting Gemini capsule unto Titan II rocket	3
	185	Astronauts (Gemini) on launchpad	3
	186	Titan rocket, Gemini astronauts montage	3
	187	Gemini launch pad, TV announcer	1
	188	Gemini launch pad, astronauts, TV announcer	3
	189	Gemini launch, Titan rocket	1
	190	Launch of a Gemini mission	1
	191	Gemini capsule in orbit	1
	192	Astronauts flying Gemini 7, with look at 2nd stage	1
	193	Gemini space walk	1
	194	Cernan space walk (Gemini)	4
	195	White space walk, Gemini V	4
	196	Gemini space walk	4
	197	Gemini space walk, just outside the door	2
	198	Titan III rocket, USAF Dynasoar	2
	199	Titan III rocket launch	2
	200	M-1 rocket montage	2
	201	M-1 rocket	4
	202	Apollo penultimate stage, hoisting unto rocket	3
	203	Apollo command and control capsule	1
	204	M-1, Apollo to the moon	3
	205	Apollo moon rocket, various stages	1
	206	Apollo rocket, various stages	1
	207	Lunar module separating from Apollo, Mother ship	2
	208	Rocket of the future	1
	209	Apollo lunar module descending to moon (simulation)	4
	210	Space stations (simulation)	4

Box	Folder	Description	Items

		Series II: Commercial Art
7		CHILDHOOD ART; COMMERCIAL ART ORIGINALS AND SAMPLES

	211	Childhood art samples	9
	212	Marionette theater	2
	213	Small originals drawn at Friday House	2
	214	Small originals	12
	215	Small originals	9
	216	Art samples, mock-ups, cards	22
	217	Auburn, Calif., pamphlet	1
	218	Grass Valley, Calif.	1
	219	Use of Mathis illustrations	8
	220	Mother Lode Almanac and Buyer's Guide, booklet	1
	221	Mining pamphlet	1
	222	Stationary samples	12
	223	Commercial art samples	4
	224	Commercial art samples	11
	225	Commercial art samples	2
	226	Samples of Elton Bennett's art, silkscreens	7

Box	Folder	Description	Items

8		BOOKLETS, SAMPLES, CALENDARS, CAROL MATHIS SAMPLES

	227	Art samples of Carol Mathis	40
	228	Pencil Sketching by George Mathis	1
	229	Landmark sketches by George Mathis, booklet	1
	230	Six hand-colored prints, booklet	1
	231	El Dorado sketches, booklet	1
	232	Coloma California-Gold Discovery Town, booklet	1
	233	Carmel and Monterey, booklet	1
	234	San Francisco, booklet	2
	235	Auburn Lake trails, sketch trip booklet	3
	236	Extra sketch trip pages	21
	237	Trip teaser booklets	7
	238	Pacific Historian, cover art	2
	239	Small prints of drawings	8
	240	Solargraph(?) of drawing	1
	241	Various uses of sketches	4
	242	Commercial art samples	7
	243	Wine bottle labels	12
	244	Christmas tags	48
	245	Notes for a sketchbook on Carson Pass	13
	246	Notes on sketches	4
	247	Notes for a print-up of sketches	15
	248	Oil print on canvas	1
	249	How to sketch with pencil, workbook (incomplete)	1
	250	Sample illustration of mother lode wallpaper	1
	251	Alpha calendars	9
	252	Illustrations (2 originals)	4

9		SPACE ART
	253	Original sketches, mounted	6
	254	Missile rockets, watercolor sketch	1
	255	Sketch, area assembly/recovery booster application	1
	256	Small tempera sketches	5
	257	Transtage Titan III, mixed media/photo, tempera	1
	258	Gemini engines, 1 watercolor	2
	259	Apollo lunar module, photo collage	1
	260	Proposed Apollo lunar module	1
	261	Apollo lunar orbiter	1
	262	Gemini launch, mixed media	1
	263	Aerojet calendar mock-up	1
	264	Sketches, Aerojet stationery	9
	265	Examples of published space art	17
	266	Notes, ideas sketches	8
	267	Aerojet fact sheets	11
	268	Fact sheet mock-ups	4
	269	Mercury Atlas-9, reprint	1
	270	Orlando Sentinel, article on space art	1

Box	Folder	Description	Items

		Series III: Reference Material
10		MOTHER LODE, CALIFORNIA HISTORY

	271	Sutter's Fort, James Marshall	7
	272	Jack London	5
	273	Various images, California, etc.	11
	274	Relief of the Donner Party by Daniel Rhoads	7
	275	Newspaper articles on gold country	15
	276	Interview with oldtimers by Al Bequette	17
	277	Mother Lode, towns and mines	15
	278	Mother Lode, towns and mines	17
	279	El Dorado Hills	4
	280	Malakoff Diggins	3
	281	Auburn, Calif.	14
	282	Coloma, Calif.	8
	283	Articles on Lyman Gilmore	6
	284	Fort Ross	3
	285	The Story of Fort Ross by Thomas Crandall (2 copies)	93
	286	Diary of a 49-er by John Clifton	27
	287	Pioneer Lore by Lillian Lafaille	28
	288	Gold Rush Mining Camps	18
	289	A portion of the diary of John A. Markle	4
	290	James Marshall As I Knew Him by Thomas Bayley	9
	291	First Ferry on the American River by T. Bayley	4
	292	Bayley House, Columa, Calif.	11
	293	California during the gold rush by T. Bayley	9
	294	Sutter's Mill by Thomas Bayley	4
	295	Sales and Transfers of Sutter's Fort...by T. Bayley	9
	296	Reference material about trains	8
	297	Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks (booklet)	1
	298	Missions of California (booklet)	1
	299	The Gold Spike Album (booklet)	2
	300	Material relating to Gold Spike album	14
	301	Nevada County material	5
	302	Wagon trains (booklet)	1
	303	Camino, California map	1
	304	Directory to City of Nevada; Wells Fargo pamphl.	2

Box	Folder	Description	Items

11		TRAINS; MATHIS' MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
	305	Trains, stereo cards	2
	306	Historic Southern Pacific Cars (booklet)	1
	307	Trains, various pamphlets	8
	308	Trains, newspaper clippings	35
	309	Yard limits (magazine)	2
	310	Pacific News (magazine)	1
	311	DeWitt Clinton	1
	312	Trains, various images	7
	313-323	Notes by Mathis on various topics, including gold rush, early California, pony express
	324	Biographical notes on and by George Mathis	48

12		NEWSPAPER DEPICTIONS OF MATHIS' WORK; DANGER TRAILS COMICS

	325	George Mathis life and work, 1951-1979	18
	326	The Independent, newspaper article @ Mathis	1
	327	George Mathis life and work, articles n.d.	4
	328	George Mathis space artist	4
	329	Historic issue newspaper, Mathis work	1
	330	Newspaper depictions of Mathis' work	17
	331	Depictions of work in color	2
	332	Depictions of George and Carol Mathis' work	7
	333	The Pacific Citizen (newspaper)	2
	334	Danger Trails comics	16

13		NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON SPACE FLIGHT WITH MATHIS ILLUSTRATIONS; AEROJET MATERIAL, CONTRACTS

	335	Space flight, steam rocketry	2
	336	Sea launching	1
	337	Space flight, Gemini 3	2
	338	Space flight, Gemini 4	4
	339	Gemini 5 and 7	2
	340	Miscellaneous	5
	341	Titan III-C rocket	8
	342	Apollo flight, M-1 engine	2
	343	Mechanical drafts	9
	344	Newsletter, Flight Deck	17
	345	Consolidated Vultee, drawings	9
	346	Aerojet, Mathis contracts	6
	347	Aerojet, Booster (in house publication)	13
	348	Aerojet, Gemini supplier conference (pamphlet)	3
	349	Aerojet publications	2
	350	Aerojet, annual reports	6
	351	Aerojet, security manual	1
	352	Aerojet notes	11
	353	Space Flight Magazine, Astrophilatelist...	7
	354	National Rocket Safety Registry Program, misc.	13

Box	Folder	Description	Items

		Series IV: College Momentos, Correspondence, Advertisements, etc.
14		SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MOMENTOS; CORRESPONDENCE

	355	School, wedding certificates	3
	356	High school diploma (Hoquiam)	1
	357	High school annual, Hesperian	1
	358	College momentos, newspaper clippings	23
	359	National Guard service certificate	2
	360	College momentos	3
	361	College diploma, State College of Washington	1
	362	Correspondence, J.H. Sadler, 1909	2
	363	Correspondence, family and church, 1920, 1927	6
	364	Correspondence, State College of Washington	4
	365	Correspondence, parents, 1933-43	19
	366	Correspondence, Jean Mathis	4
	367	Correspondence, friends	3
	368	Correspondence, Elton Bennett	3
	369	Correspondence, letters of appreciation	35
	370	Correspondence, Bonnie Flint, Edwin Markham School	1
	371	Correspondence, re: reference pictures and materials	12
	372	Correspondence, Aerojet	26
	373	Correspondence, thank-yous, Aerojet	2
	374	Correspondence, thank-yous, Gold Spike Album, 1967-70	7
	375	Correspondence, thank-yous, Smithsonian acquisition 1968-71	11
	376	Correspondence, thank-yous, art proposals	3
	377	Correspondence, thank-yous, business dealings, gifts and loans	37
	378	Correspondence, thank-yous, use of Mathis prints	10
	379	Correspondence, thank-yous, re: newspaper release	4
	380	Correspondence, thank-yous, letters of thanks from children	21
	381	Correspondence, thank-yous, miscellaneous	4
	382	Correspondence, thank-yous, copyright claims and certificates	30

15		ADVERTISEMENTS OF WORK; SKETCHES OF FRIDAY HOUSE

	383	Advertisements for Mathis prints	9
	384	Catalogues of work at Friday House	5
	385	Advertisements and price lists	18
	386	Mock-ups for advertisement signs	6
	387	Advertisement, George Mathis	3
	388	Newspaper advertisements of work	9
	389	Advertisements of Mathis lithographs	4
	390	Signs, price tags for Friday House	42
	391	Signs, price tags for Friday House	23
	392	Signs, price tags for Friday House	8
	393-400	House plan sketches for Friday House

Box	Folder	Description	Items

16		SYMPATHY CARDS AND LETTERS; HUGH AND HELEN MATHIS ITEMS

	401	Sympathy cards and letters	20
	402	Sympathy cards and letters	56
	403	Sympathy guest list	1
	404	Hugh and Helen Mathis wedding book	1
	405	Hugh and Helen Mathis correspondence	8
	406	Hugh and Helen Mathis estate matters, deeds, wills	24

17		FILM AND VIDEO MATERIALS

	407	1 reel film, 16mm; 1 video--(The same content on each film, namely, George Mathis sketching in the California outdoors, and adding color to a couple drawings; short portion with Carol Mathis. The films are silent).	2

18		SCRAPBOOK

	408	Scrapbook, overview of triumphs (Includes letters from President Richard Nixon, Senator Mike Mansfield, Governor Goodwin Knight, Captain Bruce Jensen, Theodore von Karman and others)	1

19		AWARDS AND PLAQUES

	409	Awards and plaques	5

		Series V: Oversize photos, sketches, commercial art
20		OVERSIZE PHOTOS

	410	Oversize photos (train, Malakoff Diggings)	6
	411	Commercial art	11
	412	Elton Bennett silkscreens	2
	413	House plan	1
	414	Rough sketches	2
	415	Florida-Orlando Sentinel (space art article)	1

		Series VI: Oversize prints--original pencil drawings, litho prints, artist's proofs, offset reproductions

		ALL LOCATED IN MAPCASE--Folders indicated by Roman numerals ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS

	Folder	Description
	I.	Wharfside, Oakland, 1930's

	1	Estuary, 1933
	2	Estuary, 1933
	3	Oakland Estuary, 1935
	4	Wharfside, Oakland, 1935
	5	Church Near 20th and San Pablo, Oakland, 1935
	6	Oakland, 1936

	II.	Bay area, Mother Lode...., 1940's

	7	Half Moon Bay, 1940
	8	Half Moon Bay, 1940
	9	Santa Cruz, 1941
	10	Half Moon Bay, 1943
	11	Carmel Mission, 1944
	12	La Port, 1945
	13	St. Louis, 1945
	14	Mill Street, Grass Valley, 1949
	15	Masachusetts Hill, 1949
	16	Cannon at Indian Valley, 1949
	17	Rainbow Lodge, 1949

	III.	Fairyland, Oakland, Gold Country, 1950

	18	Beckwourth's Cabin, Sierra Valley, 1950
	19	Weather Station, Soda Springs, 1950
	20	Indian Valley Outpost, 1950
	21	Fiddle Creek, 1950
	22	Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada City, 1950
	23	Blacksmith Shop, 1950
	24	Hooker Oak, 1950
	25	Chief Solano, 1950
	26	Yosemite Valley, 1950
	27	Reliance Hose Company #3, Grass Valley, 1950 (framed)
	28	Rattlesnake Bar on the American River, 1950 (framed)
	29	Fairyland, Oakland, 1950
	30	Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (castle, geese)
	31	Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (whale)
	32	Fairyland, Oakland, 1950 (windmill)
	33	Fairyland, Oakland, 1950 (old woman, shoe)
	34	Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (boat and pond)
	35	Oakland Fairyland, 1950 (house, pond, geese)

	IV.	Nevada City, Railroads, Mining, 1951-1959

	36	Methodist Church, Nevada City, 1951
	37	University Campus, Reno, Nevada, 1951
	38	Cathedral, Reno, Nevada, 1951
	39	Young America Mine, Sardine Lake, 1951
	40	Sierra Buttes, Calif., 1951
	41	Lone Grave, 1952
	42	Bethlehem, (Israel), 1952
	43	(Farm buildings), 1952
	44	Bodie Wagons, 1952
	45	Lola Montez House, Grass Valley, 1953
	46	Ott's Assay Office, Nevada City, 1953
	47	Home in Nevada City, Calif., 1953
	48	Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1954
	49	North San Juan, 1954
	50	Central Pacific at Cisco, 1955
	51	Town Talk, Nevada County Narrow Gauge R.R., (c.1955)
	52	Bassetts Station, Yuba Pass, 1895, 1955
	53	La Port, 1955
	54	Bowman Ranch in 1863, 1957
	55	Sierra Railroad, Chinese Hill, 1957
	56	Alleghany sixteen-to-one-mine, 1958
	57	Blacksmith Shop, rough and ready, 1959
	58	Nevada City Traction Co. Glen Brook Barns, 1901-24, 1959

	V.	Sierra Nevadas, Cities, Mines, etc., 1960's

	59	Glen Canyon Bridge near Santa Cruz, 1960
	60	Sutter's Sawmill, 1960
	61	Sentinal Dome, Yosemite, 1960
	62	Gold Center Mine, Grass Valley, 1960
	63	Holbrook Hotel, Grass Valley, 1960
	64	Tremoureux House, Grass Valley, 1960
	65	Cohn House, Folsom Calif., 1961
	66	The Mighty Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield, 1961 (1969)
	67	Bear Valley Overlook, 1963
	68	Bear River Trestle, 1963
	69	Rollins Reservoir, 1963
	70	Solano County, 1966
	71	Oriental Mine, 1968
	72	Coloma, 1969
	73	Folsom Depot and Shops, Sacramento Valley R.R. 1856 (1969)
	74	(Stone wall ruin, aspens) 1969
	75	Pippins Blacksmith Shop, Rough and Ready, 1969
	76	Old Time Sprinkler Wagon, 1969
	77	Red Castle, 1859 (1969)
	78	Odd Fellows Hall, Coloma, Calif., 1969
	79	Entrance to Fort Santiago, Walled City, Manila, The Philippines, 1969
	80	The Antelope, 1969 (river steamer)
	81	The oldest existing R.R. Station in the West, Folsom, Calif., 1969
	82	Thomas Flyer, New York to Paris, 1909 (1969)

	VI.	Mother Lode, 1970's

	83	Sutter Mill, 1970
	84	Nevada City Overlook, 1970
	85	St. John's, Coloma, 1970
	86	Marshall's Cabin, 1970
	87	Commander's Headquarters, Ft. Ross, 1970
	88	Academy, Grass Valley, 1970
	89	Le Compton Mine, 1971
	90	Old Sacramento, 1971
	91	Star of Texas, 1972
	92	Paper Mill Creek, 1972
	93	Lawyer's Office, Nevada City, 1972
	94	Kidder Mansion, 1972
	95	Donner Monument, 1972
	96	Donation Day House, Grass Valley, 1883, 197

	VII.	Early sketches, undated

	97	(Rock formation)
	98	(Boulders, canyon)
	99	(Trees, fence)
	100	(Mountain, trees)
	101	(Tree trunk, trees, boulders)

	VIII.	Early sketches, dockside, Oakland, undated

	102	(Delapitated building on rocky shore)
	103	(Wharfside, fishing docks)
	104	(Fishing boats, dock, man)
	105	(Shipyard dock)
	106	(Warehouses, wharfside)
	107	(Boats, dock)
	108	(Wharf scene)
	109	Fisherman's wharf
	110	(Fishing boat, dock scene)
	111	(Building, fence, street)
	112	(Small house, garden, fence)
	113	(Old houses/shacks, old truck)
	114	(Warehouses, shacks)
	115	(Two sketches of detail)
	116	(Houses among trees)
	117	(House, cistern)
	118	(Old house, tree)
	119	Jack London wrote here

	IX.	Trains, Bay Area, landscapes, undated

	120	Sacramento Valley Railroad, 1856
	121	Washoe City
	122	Pino Grande, North Anchor
	123	(Rusting engine and caboose)
	124	Turning the Engine
	125	(Steam locomotive, steam boat)
	126	(Train, river trestle)
	127	(Water wheel) (image taped together)
	128	Rio Vista, 1940 (signed, "Old Riverboat Docks")
	129	Golden Gate
	130	Corregidor
	131	A Part of Battery Way, Corregidor
	132	Oregon Creek Covered Bridge
	133	(Covered bridge with buckboard wagon)
	134	Wood's Road
	135	(Meadow, mountains)
	136	(Large trees forground, lake with an island)
	137	(Mountainous setting)
	138	(Signed, "Lotus" on board--mountain valley, farm)
	139	(Basalt mountain)

	X.	Mining, Cities in Mother Lode, undated

	140	Pelton Wheel at Champion Mine
	141	Sutter's Famous Saw Mill
	142	(Sutter's sawmill, Coloma, Calif.)
	143	(Oxen-pulled covered wagons)
	144	Chinese at the Mines, 1852
	145	The "Fort Sutter" at Three Mile Slough
	146	Site of Yore Bros. Toll Bridge
	147	Freeman's Crossing
	148	(Kentucky Mine) -signed, Jean George Mathis
	149	Brush Creek Tunnel #2, Goodyears Bar
	150	Mine?
	151	Sutter's Office at Sutter's Fort
	152	Red Bank Winery Building, Folsom
	153	Freeway view, Auburn, CA
	154	(Old school or church in woods)
	155	Nevada City, 1950
	156	National Hotel
	157	(Horse and buggy, abandoned bldgs.)
	158	Christmas at Grass Valley Mines, 1860
	159	" " " " --two-part panorama
	160	(Nevada City)
	161	Nevada City in the 80's
	162	Auburn Old Town
	163	(View of city bldgs. Auburn, CA)
	164	Sierra City (Calif.)
	165	Methodist Church, Downieville, 1855
	166	Downieville (Calif.)

	XI.	Houses, Buildings, undated

	167	(Large house, stagecoach in front)
	168	Bidwell Mansion
	169	Sacramento Street, Coloma (Calif.)
	170	(The Red Castle) (cut drawing, also written on)
	171	M.L. Marsh house built in 1873
	172	(Horse drawn street car)
	173	Lola Montez Home, Grass Valley
	174	Miner's Foundry
	175	Home of Edward C. Coleman, Grass Valley, 1863
	176	Maltman Homestead (two-piece, cut drawing)
	177	North San Juan
	178	Bldg. Rough and Ready
	179	(Brick House)
	180	(Back alley view of houses)
	181	(Victorian style house)
	182	(Cabin among trees)
	183	(House/hillside/river/trees/horse carriage)
	184	Clark, Booth and Yardley, 1885, 9th H St.
	185	A.D. Foote--North Star House Built in 1906
	186	(Church on hillside)
	187	(Old shacks, tree)

		LITHOS, OFFSET REPRODUCTIONS
	XII.	San Francisco, Bay Area, Missions (lithos)

	188	Golden Gate Bridge, A/P
	189	Chinese Telephone Exchange, A/P
	190	Powell and Market, A/P
	191	(Downtown San Francisco, incomplete)
	192	(Downtown San Francisco)
	193	Coit Tower, A/P
	194	Japanese Tea Gardens, Golden Gate,A/P
	195	Opera House, San Francisco, A/P
	196	(Condominiums?)
	197	Seal Rocks, A/P
	198	Pt. Pinos Lighthouse
	199	Cannery Row, A/P
	200	Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, A/P
	201	Carmel Beach, A/P
	202	Juan Vardas' Home, Monterey, A/P
	203	Monterey Cypress, A/P
	204	Royal Presidio Chapel at Monterey, A/P
	205	Carmel Mission
	206	Carmel Mission, A/P
	207	Mission Dolores, S.F., A/P
	208	Mission Dolores

	XIII.	Landscapes, Mining area (lithos)

	209	Mt. Shasta, A/P
	210	Yosemite, A/P
	211	Yosemite Falls, A/P
	212	El Capitan, Yosemite, A/P
	213	Three Grizzly Bears, A/P
	214	Bears, A/P
	215	Sentinel Dome
	216	Cliffs at Muford Lake, A/P (front) 305 Will Street, A/P (back)
	217	Red Woods, A/P
	218	Red Woods, A/P
	219	Burning Falls, A/P
	220	Muir Woods, A/P
	221	Entrance to Muir Woods, A/P
	222	Muir Woods, A/P
	223	Unfinished (failed plate), redwood tree
	224	Sanford Lake, A/P
	225	Grey Eagle Creek
	226	Grey Eagle Lake, A/P, 1950 (front) Mary Had a Little Lamb, A/P (back)
	227	North San Juan, A/P
	228	National Hotel, Nevada City
	229	Arrastra at Scott's Valley, A/P
	230	Minden, Nevada, A/P (image on litho plate, fldr. XV)
	231	Lola Montez Blar? House, A/P
	232	Grande Ranch, R R, A/P
	233	Auburn Old Town, 1949, A/P
	234	The Covered Bridge at Bridgeport
	235	Auburn
	236	(Old church)
	237	Empire's Blacksmith, A/P
	238	Rough and Ready, 1949, A/P
	239	Amador City, 1948, A/P
	240	Sierra City, A/P
	241	Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 1952, A/P
	242	Romaggie House, Angel's Camp, 1948, A/P
	243	Brush Creek Mine, 1949
	244	Nevada City's Red Castle, A/P (hand-colored)
	245	North San Juan, 1948 (hand-colored)
	246	Columbia (hand-colored)
	247	Nevada City Firehouse #2 (hand-colored)
	248	Benfeldt Mine, Smith's Flat 10/200

		OFFSET REPRODUCTIONS
	XIV.	Mining, Trains, Cities

	249	Placer Mining Methods
	250	Sutter's Sawmill, Coloma
	251	The Mighty Malakoff Diggins, North Bloomfield
	252	Nevada Theater 1865
	253	Bassett's Station
	254	Michigan Log Buggy
	255	Folsom
	256	Empire Mine
	257	Sacramento Embarcadero
	258	Sacramento Valley R.R. 1856
	259	Pino Grande, North Anchor
	260	Feather River Railroad
	261	Nevada County Narrow Gauge R.R. at Towntalk
	262	Chinese Hill (Sierra Railroad)
	263	Central Pacific R.R. at Cisco, 1865
	264	Governor's Mansion, Sacramento, Built in 1877
	265	Public Market (Sacramento, 1923)
	266	3rd and J Street, Sacramento (Old Sacramento, 1950)
	267	(China Union Lines; Port of Sacramento)
	268	Meet Me At the Golden Bear (State Fair Bldg.)
	269	Leland Stanford Home, Sacramento
	270	"The Tin Lizzies rambled into growing Davis under the Second Street Arch during World War One Years"
	271	Gemini launchpad (2 copies)

	XV.	Miscellaneous

	272	(Mock up, rocket engines for Apollo)
	273	(Von Karmen)
	274	Aerojet poster, rocket engines
	275	Knights Ferry, drawing by Jean Mathis
	276	Litho plate for George Mathis drawing "Minden, Nevada"
	277	Space rocketry collage (photo)
	278	Gemini engines/astronauts (photo)
	279	Example of "Danger Trails" comics, drawn by George Mathis and his brother-in-law Bill Steward
	280	"The Chuckwagon" watercolor mock-up by George Mathis
	281-289	Two sketches and seven commercial art samples
	290	Jack Lond's Benicia. Gift from Harold Levy.

	XV.	Lithographs of the California Gold Rush County: George Mathis prepared these 11 singed and hand titled lithographs for use on a 13 month calendar (2 of the lithographs were sold prior to donation).

	290	Silt Wheels at Jackson
	291	Sierra City
	292	Firehouse Number Two - Nevada City
	292	North San Juan
	294	Dutch Flat Hotel
	295	Columbia St. Scene
	296	Amador City
	297	The Red Castle - Nevada City
	298	North San Juan - Nevada County
	299	Chinese Camp
	300	The Blacksmith Shop at Rough & Ready